repair
1to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting.
to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done.
an act, process, or work of repairing: to order the repair of a building.
Usually repairs.
an instance or operation of repairing: to lay up a boat for repairs.
a repaired part or an addition made in repairing: Seventeenth-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.
repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement.
the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair.
condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair.
Origin of repair
1synonym study For repair
Other words for repair
Opposites for repair
Other words from repair
- re·pair·a·ble, adjective
- re·pair·a·bil·i·ty, re·pair·a·ble·ness, noun
- non·re·pair·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with repair
- reparable, repairable
Other definitions for repair (2 of 2)
to betake oneself; go, as to a place: He repaired in haste to Washington.
to go frequently or customarily.
a resort or haunt.
the act of going or going customarily; resort: to have repair to the country.
Scot. Obsolete. a meeting, association, or crowd of people.
Origin of repair
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How to use repair in a sentence
Automakers were trying to corner the market on car repairs, but the voters stopped them.
Massachusetts expands ‘right to repair’ law for automakers | rhhackettfortune | November 4, 2020 | FortuneMassachusetts passed the country’s first right-to-repair law in 2013, requiring car manufacturers to sell diagnostic data to third-party shops.
Three places where data is on the ballot this November | Eileen Guo | October 26, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSometimes a listing agent will advise a seller to have a home inspection before putting the house on the market to identify items in need of repair upfront.
“Whether repurposing a room into an office or tackling basic repairs, more time at home became more time for home,” Bill Boltz, Lowe’s executive vice president for merchandising, said in a statement.
How Lowe’s plans to finally become a holiday season player | Phil Wahba | October 20, 2020 | FortunePart of each monthly fee is set aside for future repairs and maintenance, such as that new roof which the Pacaso algorithm estimates you may need in, say, 17 years.
Want a second home during COVID? These Zillow vets have invented a radically less expensive way to buy one | Lee Clifford | October 4, 2020 | Fortune
Her house was repairable, and her neighbors figured Roberts would soon be back to the rest of her routine.
The other class of streets consists of those which are not highways repairable by the inhabitants at large.
But it has to be borne in mind that it is not every highway that is repairable by the inhabitants at large.
It belonged to a basin, which, having been broken only into three or four pieces, was still repairable.
Wenderholme | Philip Gilbert HamertonBut mere dedication did not make the way repairable by the public.
If these underlying causes can be attacked and changed such a desertion may be "repairable."
Broken Homes | Joanna C. Colcord
British Dictionary definitions for repair (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈpɛə) /
to restore (something damaged or broken) to good condition or working order
to heal (a breach or division) in (something): to repair a broken marriage
to make good or make amends for (a mistake, injury, etc)
the act, task, or process of repairing
a part that has been repaired
state or condition: in good repair
Origin of repair
1Derived forms of repair
- repairable, adjective
- repairer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for repair (2 of 2)
/ (rɪˈpɛə) /
(usually foll by to) to go (to a place): to repair to the country
(usually foll by to) to have recourse (to) for help, etc: to repair to one's lawyer
(usually foll by from) archaic to come back; return
the act of going or returning
a haunt or resort
Origin of repair
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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